Partners

Weʼve received many requests from Android device manufacturers for preloading SAM (SlideME Application Manager) directly on their devices, so weʼve put together the following information to expedite the process.

Advantages of the SlideME Solution

SlideME provides an alternative place for mobile subscribers to search, download and enjoy content. There are key advantages to selecting SlideME Storefront:

Time to Market – SlideME has a developer community outside of the Google Android Marketplace. Without any marketing, we have over 2 million subscribers and over 40,000 applications. Users have downloaded our Android Marketplace client over 9 million times (not including # of SAM's preloaded onto devices). We can quickly provide a developer community, applications and a client for your device.

Reputation – SlideME has built a good reputation within the Android developer community since the launch of our portal in April 2008. We are eager to provide our developers a golden opportunity to work with various handset manufacturers.

Customization – Unlike the Google Android Marketplace, SlideME can provide a white label solution to market your own brand to your own developer community. SlideME can also integrate with a carrier billing system to keep your subscribers loyal to your brand, as well as saving external merchant processing fees.

Price – SlideME is flexible to provide many different types of pricing models. The models include revenue sharing, licensing fees, hosting, customization and maintenance. We are committed to present a highly competitive price that will match our competition without compromising the quality and integrity of our service.

Partnership – SlideME is able to work with any Android handset manufacturer and is flexible to outsource the client user interface to industry leading design teams.

Legal - SlideME has spent significant resources working with top legal experts in digital content and international taxation to create a model that addresses numerous tax considerations.

SlideME is the largest non-Google Android marketplace today for developers.

SAM

The SAM is an Android client that the end user can use for discovery, download and purchase of applications. We can brand SAM to create specific market places.

Specific features include:

Purchase - User can purchase applications directly through the handset. If the user already has the application installed or they cancel the request, they will not be billed for the transaction.

Discovery - User can drill down based on category to choose an application to purchase or install. Only applications that are appropriate for the device show up.

Download - User can download free applications or applications that they have purchased.

Authentication - User can login to the portal to conduct additional actions such as purchasing new content or downloading of previously purchased content.

Broadcast Messaging - operator can broadcast messages to SAM users.

SAM Version Update - when a new update of SAM is available, a popup will appear asking the user if they would like to upgrade.

Install Notifications - portal will be notified if an application has been successfully installed.

Search - Users can search for content by keyword, as well as sort by ratings and date.

Screenshots - SAM supports screenshots on the catalog page.

Time:

For an unbranded version of SAM, the whole process from the time you fill out the questionnaire till the point we deliver you a version of SAM should be between 48-72 hours. Then youʼll be ready to distribute SAM on your device. If you are in a hurry let us know, we can expedite the process.

Costs:

If you are looking for customization or branding, then contact us to discuss the costs and licensing options. We will need to get your customer requirements and then we will provide a statement of work as soon as we can do the estimate.

Restricted countries:

We are a US company (SlideME LLC) and due to US embargoes, we cannot license SAM for distribution to the following countries: